Epson EcoTank Pro ET-16650 Wireless Wide-format Color All-in-One Supertank Printer

I have owned Epson printers for decades...and, they last that long too! So when it came time to replace my older WF7510, I selected another Epson product, the EcoTank Pro. It packs a tremendous amount of functionality into a compact, modern design. Seeing it up was fairly easy and it prints vibrant color lightning fast! I am beyond pleased!

I have used this printer for 2 years now in my small construction business. I print drawings from this printer on 11 x 17 all the time. I am now starting my third set of ink after 12,986 pages printed. I have had very little trouble with this printer and it is still going strong. I also use it a lot for scanning drawings using the feed tray for all sizes. i have not had very many miss feeds. Most of this was from me pulling a staple out and the pages were kind of stuck because of the paper damaged by the staple. All of the feed mechanisms are still working great and do not squeak. My biggest problem has been printer connection to my computer using WIFI. most of the time I have it connected from my computer to the printer. It just works faster.

Dripping Ink onto the paper

The software and drivers installed fine and it is working as expected. I haven't got to testing the photo quality, but the regular documentation has good colors and crisp print. 1/2 the ink dissappeared on initial set up; could this be partially due to priming the dry printer? One disappointment: when document scanning, it doesn't scan to PDF as a native format. I assumed that this would be a business class printer, but PDF scanning is a must have feature that is sorely missing. Maybe Epson can add this with a firmware revision in the future?

Wonderful printer

Long time Epson fan and bought this printer in August. 6 mths later, I am just ordering ink for the first time and I do a lot of printing. It has performed great except for the 13x19 paper in the rear paper tray. It really just does not feed through reliably and is really quite a pain. Also, I am having trouble figuring our the "Free Ink for 2 Years". I registered immediately and I find info about the deal but not actually how to activate or take part. (I'm still looking)

I just bought this because it said it was a Wide-format all-in-one printer, and could print 13x19. I do 80% of my printing on13x19 and the other 20% is 8.5x1. this looked like it would be the perfect replacement. I had a WF-7720 all-in-one wide-format printer, and have had it for years. It was a dream, (well I don't want to say I dream about a printer) it was a workhorse and reliable. but, alas as all good things come to an end, it was having problems with paper feeding. I was needing to replace it, this ET-16650 looked like it would do the job. it has the same basic title "Wide-Format All-in-one" and on the box it said could print 13x19. I figured it would work exactly like the previous one. So far, out of the box, it is not. I have a useless tray... the 13x19 doesn't get loaded into one, I have to feed into the back of the printer. the first day printing has found that this isn't very reliable. it makes me sad, love is not something i can say about a printer but the WF-7720 I didn't have to think about it. you loaded the trays with the two different sizes they were designed for. the papers both that the machine could print on, and that was it. sure, it would beep when it was out of paper or ink, that was to be expected. Now I find myself having to fuss over the ingestion of each page the machine needs, some of witch it decides it needs many more than just one at a time. others it just doesn't like at all. I generally don't write reviews much but being that I'm standing over the first of many 70+ books of plans to print out and am needing something mindles to do while i constantly fuss over the printer, I found I had the time.

Bought this 2 years ago and it works like a charm. I've had zero issues and omg the savings on ink is incredible. The best office equipment investment I've ever made.

Very satisfied with this printer so far! I purchased this printer as a general purpose office printer for printing everything from documents to photos to brochures, as well as full duplex copying and scanning. Everything I've done with the printer so far as absolutely met my expectations. The ink tank design is an absolute God send. As many others have said, the ink seems to last forever. For the price of this all-in-one printer, scanner, copier, I personally feel that it is a tremendous value, especially given that you can print up to 13"x19". The printer is very fast and quite at printing documents that are mostly text, and typical print speed for color photos and things that are mostly image based. Thus far I have no complaints whatsoever with this unit.

Awesome Printer

We print sheet music and this printer is great for both 8.5 x 11 and 11 x 17 prints. Color and black and white!

print quality, when it works, is excellent. the software could be a lot better especially maintenance followed by networking (printer that is). disappointment: had printer for three weeks and it needed a nozzle clean. twice to clear whatever blocked cyan. seems you MUST do a nozzle check t make sure printing comes out OK. After having printer for three weeks? i guess there is no factory printer head alignment. once all that done, print quality is excellent.

As far as a printer it is great! Would love for it to scan to OneNote.

As described easy to set up works awesome for my application.

Good printer but the ink it’s not enough for a quantity of page that is announced.

As with any Epson printers quality of prints is good, but printers quality is terrible. Constant issues with head cloging. Amount of ink wasted cleaning heads is unbelivable. Print quality is ok and very fast. Problem is that head claning is needed often and after 8 days I already have ink smages on the pages. I would not recommend.

I need a high-quality printer for my business. This is excellent quality, fast and versatile at a low cost per page. Great choice - couldn't be happier.

Bought in march 2020, I have filled the ink quite a few times and changed the maintenance box a few times. Its had issues need to clean the nozzles, it jams if any page has a slight bend, and no it cant hold a full reem of paper. It jams it you try to do that but it can hold 3/4 of a reem. But we have boght the cheaper versions of this printer, by far this one has wayyyy less issues. So as the guy who fixes the printer I have to fix it wayyyyy less than I used to maybe once a quarter year I have to do nozzle cleaning, ink refill, etc. It also has had network issues, but again way less problems than the cheaper ones. So if you value not having downtime, and not fixing your printer more than you print this is a good model.

A year and a half into owning one of these; definitely among the best printers I've owned- the touchscreen is user-friendly, the overall user experience is well designed, with excellent error resolution for wrong paper and jams- no headaches! I'm honestly shocked by the durability. It's mostly plastic and being an inkjet, I was expecting 50k pages out of this max even with the price tag. However, I just today passed 100,000 pages printed and it has pretty much no issues to speak of. All my previous budget laser printers developed significant print quality issues by this point! The only letdown for me is that the absorbent pads for borderless printing are a non-user-serviceable part, and 'wear out' after a certain point, requiring the printer to be shipped off if you want to continue using that function after some time. Full disclosure: my first ET-16650 broke after about two months, with some unresolveable error. Epson support were surprisingly good (it was necessary to call, not just e-mail), and shipped me a printer in exchange immediately. I nearly forgot to mention that since the experience was good. The ink bottle system is absolutely nothing to worry about. Spills are uncommon and the ink is easily dissolved in isopropyl alcohol for cleanup. I honestly got way messier cleaning toner drums than this! The cost per page is outstanding. Epson's marketing lives up to what it promises, even if you are coming from what you consider to be an already economical printer. Plus, with the rebate I send the used bottles back to Epson. 100,000 pages in ink bottles takes up a small box, not a pallet of spent toner cartridges! The print quality is also remarkably good for an inkjet. I used the now-discontinued ET-15550 for a few years and the 'high' quality on that is the 'standard' on this at something like 4x the print speed. The tabloid scanner is great; I've even used the standalone copying/scanning functionality in some cases, even though I prefer to use separate software on the computer (VueScan) for maximum control. I've archived public domain sheet music on it, as it can fit the old 9" x 12" size, with very good results. Most important tips: before a print run, do the Print Quality Adjustment process (in Maintenance). Take your time and do it right, and your docs will come out looking great. The values do shift over time. Also, if printing double-sided, use thicker paper, like 24 or 28 lb., and reduce the print density by 20-30%. This will reduce bleed and distortions on the paper which might cause jams or smearing, while also saving ink.

It’s only been a few weeks and have no issues.